As Bitcoin fell back to a local low of under $46,000 in the early hours of Feb. 15, the entire crypto market cap saw $1 billion wiped away. This downturn acted to liquidate many over-leveraged long positions. Data from Bybt is showing that in the last 24 hours, $1.89 billion in losses were incurred.

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A new report from the credit rating agency Fitch Ratings says the increase of crypto activity from firms may not translate to a short term effect on credit profiles, but it could modernize the financial system over time.


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Recent blockchain data shows that, over the past three days, Ripple cofounder and former CTO, Jed McCaleb, has transferred 76.3 million XRP from his "tacostand" wallet.

A total of 365,628,235.465371 XRP remain on the "tacostand" balance.

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Ukraine, UAE sign contracts worth over $3 bln creation of a platform for the exchange of intellectual property based on the Fantom blockchain.

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Bitcoin has reached $50,000 on OKEx exchange.

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Tether printed $400,000,000 USDT.

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NEM foundation released Symbol 0.10.0.7 with:

- Core, REST + SDKs releases are provided;
- Fixing most known important issues;
- A Testnet fork will occur at Block 115500 (~16.00 Wed 17 Feb UTC).

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Tezos (XTZ) has been added to Bitfinex Borrow. Bitfinex customers will be able to obtain loans of up to 70% of the value of their XTZ holdings in US Dollars (USD).

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Russian mobile network operators Beeline and Megafon are considering providing wallet and other services for a possible digital ruble. The companies are proposing "interested" in developing a digital wallet that would link the central bank digital currency (CBDC) to users' mobile phone numbers.

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Gate .io is going to start QiSwap (QI) trading on Feb.17, 2021 08:00 UTC. Exchange have allocated QiSwap token (QI) airdrop to QTUM holders based on snapshot captured on Feb 12 15:00 UTC. The distribution ratio is 2 QTUM: 1 QI.

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SBI Holdings, a Japanese financial services firm, is to lead an ongoing strategic fundraising round for Swiss digital asset bank Sygnum.

Sygnum, which holds a Swiss banking license, said it has secured an “eight-figure” U.S. dollar investment from SBI’s subsidiary.

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Bitcoin (BTC) hit new lifetime highs of more than $51,200 on Feb. 17.

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This weekend we will see new partnership from Contentos (COS).

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Under a new program from Mastercard and Island Pay, the Bahamas Sand Dollar prepaid card gives people the option to instantly convert the digital currency to traditional Bahamian dollars and pay for goods and services anywhere Mastercard is accepted on the Islands and around the world.

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Tether printed new $1,000,000,000 USDT.

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Binance will list Frax Share (FXS) in the Innovation Zone and will open trading for FXS/BTC and FXS/BUSD trading pairs at 2021-02-18 9:00 AM (UTC).

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The canton of Zug, one of the Swiss Confederation member states, has begun accepting bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) for tax payments.

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Bosch Group, the global technology supplier, is teaming up with Fetch .ai to launch a multi-purpose blockchain network that can further advance Web 3.0 capabilities like artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things.

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Binance will open trading for FRONT/BTC, EASY/BTC, CAKE/BTC, CAKE/USDT & BAKE/BUSD trading pairs at 2021-02-19 06:00 AM (UTC).

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The Purpose Bitcoin ETF, the world's first exchange-traded fund that is physically backed by the biggest digital currency, is making its debut on the Toronto Stock Exchange today. The very first ETF was designed by Canadian asset manager Purpose Investments.

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